transitive verb proscribed -·scribed′, proscribing -·scrib′·ing

1. in ancient Rome, to publish the name of (a person) condemned to death, banishment, etc.
2. to deprive of the protection of the law; outlaw
3. to banish; exile
4. to denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict

Etymology: ME proscriben < L proscribere < pro-, pro- + scribere, to write: see scribe